World Bank & Benin Energy: Benin and the World Bank signed $320m in financing to back the Dogo-Bis multipurpose hydroelectric dam (for power generation, water security and an agro-industrial hub in the Oueme Valley) and the first phase of the ALAFIA programme to expand integrated nutrition, healthcare and early childhood development services, especially for women and children. Wildlife Conservation in Benin: In Pendjari National Park, Benin’s W-Arly-Pendjari landscape, scientists warn West African leopards are still scarce—about 354 across the region—while pressures like land clearing and bushmeat hunting keep fragmenting habitat. Clean Energy & Youth Skills: Seplat Energy’s Benin-linked youth programme graduated 110 young people with renewable energy skills and start-up support, and upgraded facilities for visually impaired learners at Ihogbe College in Benin City. Border Security & Smuggling Control: Benin and Nigeria concluded Operation GEOCONTROL, a geospatial intelligence-led Customs operation that produced 37 seizures along the Benin–Nigeria border corridor, showing how mapping and risk profiling can strengthen enforcement. Clean Transport Push (Edo): Edo State partners with US-based investors to set up electric tricycle manufacturing and assembly, aiming to cut imports, create jobs and expand cleaner mobility.